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The City of Ridgeland has signed a standalone contract with the Madison County Library System and sent a third-quarter payment that had previously been withheld. The payment averted a potential library shutdown and ended, for now, the long-running dispute between the library board and the city administration that began at the beginning of this year.
The undocumented immigrants living at the Westside Trailer Park in Canton, Miss., petitioned the Canton Municipal Utilities, which restored their street lights in July 2022 after several years of darkness. They have set their eyes on getting their roads fixed.
Andy Dorian, JD Bass and Warren Beebe formed Lady Gun in 2020, the passion project of three creative musicians, fostered in the crucible of the pandemic.
Juneteenth commemorates the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people were freed.
Ridgeland-based life coach and counselor Karen Bonner said the pandemic negatively affected many people’s mental health in part because it exposed that modern society has at least a degree of fragility.
Hinds County leaders said many applicants are showing up with marijuana in their system when they apply for jobs, disqualifying them from employment.
Voter restoration is one of many issues plaguing Mississippi, but a new collaboration between the Southern Poverty Law Center and Tougaloo College is looking to train the next up-and-coming generation of activists to effectively work toward voting rights with an advocacy institute.Â
Tune in to MFP Live Thursday, May 5, at 6 p.m., on the MFP Facebook page or YouTube channel as Donna Ladd and Kimberly Griffin talk with Dr. Lucille Green about her life as a lifelong learner, as well as her experiences as a participant in the Civil Rights Movement.Â
Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee and Lindsey Beckham have distanced themselves from MassResistance, a Southern Poverty Law Center-designated hate group, which appeared at a Ridgeland Board of Aldermen meeting in support of removing LGBTQ+ books from the local library.
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